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Author Nielssen, Hilde.

Title Ritual imagination [electronic resource] : a study of tromba possession among the Betsimisaraka in eastern Madagascar / by Hilde Nielssen.

Imprint Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xi, 326 p. : col. ill.
Series Studies of religion in Africa, 0169-9814 ; v. 40
Studies on religion in Africa ; 40.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The village -- The Betsimisaraka, history and the spread of tromba -- Localising tromba -- A spirit world of movement and change -- Making connections: spirits, persons and places -- Tromba nights of clapping, song and dance -- The judgement bath -- Tromba and the radical imaginary -- Tromba, translocality and the magic of the Malagasy nation -- Epilogue: magic and political imagination.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Spirit possession -- Madagascar.
Betsimisaraka (Malagasy people) -- Religion.
Betsimisaraka (Malagasy people) -- Rites and ceremonies.
Betsimisaraka (Malagasy people) -- Social life and customs.
Cults -- Madagascar.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9789004215245 (hardback : alk. paper)
9789004223875 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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